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Alicia Em

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Skye Perryman @skyeperryman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
BREAKING: Out this morning, government records obtained by @democracyforward.org show that DHS/ICE has been obtaining tens of millions of records, including by election denier Heather Honey who now serves at DHS, investigating voters. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/u...
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Trump Officials Ramp Up Investigations Into Voter Registration Groups
The Trump administration is investigating nonprofits that it says may be recruiting noncitizens for voter registration, documents show, even though noncitizen voting in the United States is rare.
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 01/10/2026
The death penalty is a moral abomination. State-sanctioned barbarism pushed by incompetent morons and sanctioned by the Supreme Court. Absolute ghoul shit. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
The lone woman on Tennessee's death row was still alive after she was administered two lethal injections, her lawyer said in a motion seeking to halt her execution Wednesday night, a stunning development after the Supreme Court had stepped in to allow the state to put her to death.
At 8:26 p.m. local time, witnesses said
"executioners had injected both syringes of lethal injection chemicals and Pike is still alive and snoring," her lawyers said in a federal court filing.
They said Pike "has not lost consciousness and still has a heartbeat," and that curtains to the death chamber "have gone down twice."
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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Study: More than 2 million new cancer cases caused by infections in 2024 A dozen infectious pathogens contribute to cancer. Finding ways to prevent them could help millions avoid a cancer diagnosis. Read more: bit.ly/4rOiPYE
Two women embrace. One wears a pink scarf on her head
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Mike Rogers is a corporate sellout who moves back to Michigan every few years to run for office to take another swing at the revolving door of corporate politics.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A nightmare. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/u...
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Supreme Court Allows Expansive Voter Screening Tool Ahead of Midterms (Gift Article)
Critics of the Trump administration system to monitor the citizenship status of voters had raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges.
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
a lot of people act like there's a trade being offered where we give up trans athletes in sports and in exchange fascism is defeated forever
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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
From the NYT reporting. Alito and Thomas are just openly salivating for federal control. Their ideas aren’t popular and democracy is a threat to them. But Kavanaugh’s concurrence is also bad.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 05/09/2026
Two presidential directives are being used to prosecute people and groups the Trump administration views as political opponents — including anti-ICE protesters and the Southern Poverty Law Center. bit.ly/4h4cm7Y
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How the Administration Picks Its Targets, Then Picks the Crime
The administration is using the Antifa label and other means to prosecute its opponents.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 31/08/2026
OnlyFans and AI training: why gen Z doesn’t care where our money comes from | Alice Lassman
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OnlyFans and AI training: why gen Z doesn’t care where our money comes from | Alice Lassman
With traditional goals such as stability and homeownership feeling out of reach, young people are focused on the present
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 19/08/2026
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government won’t say if any agents have been punished. (Published January)
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We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government ...
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 16/08/2026
Big Tech’s data centre boom poised to drive up carbon emissions ft.trib.al/tiZmPiV
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Big Tech’s data centre boom poised to drive up carbon emissions
FT analysis finds 60 largest planned facilities could emit equivalent of 27 coal plants or 24mn cars per year
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CalMatters @calmatters.org · 16/08/2026
US DOJ finds 'unbroken pattern' of sexual abuse by California prison staff A two-year federal investigation found decades of staff sexual abuse against incarcerated women at California correctional facilities.
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US DOJ finds 'unbroken pattern' of sexual abuse by California prison staff
A two-year federal investigation found decades of staff sexual abuse against incarcerated women at California correctional facilities.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
January 6 was only 5 and a half years ago, and we’ve already cycled through investigation, indictment, conviction, pardon, and now gleeful promises to do it again only with actual hanging rather than just chants about it. Nice job GOP.
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They're still doing it because we didn't hang them
last time.
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Kelsey Lahr @kelseylahr.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
This little beagle was dumped near my house. She smells horrendous & has major fleas and only one good eye, but she's the sweetest pup. We spent the day taking her to the vet, posting her on local FB groups, and finding her a foster home. We call her Frankie. Just wanted to share her sweet face.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 09/08/2026
‘They kidnapped a hard-working kid off our streets’: the gardener seized by ICE – and the New York town fighting back
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‘They kidnapped a hard-working kid off our streets’: the gardener seized by ICE – and the New York town fighting back
Gerson Turcios was 17 when he fled violence in Honduras to build a new life in the US. Six years later, he was mowing lawns in his home town of Rhinebeck when immigration officers took him. Within hours, friends, neighbours and local celebrities sprang into action. Could they stop his deportation?
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 07/08/2026
In 1993, Trump signed a mortgage for a Florida home, pledging it would be his principal residence. Seven weeks later, he attested a neighboring property would also be his principal residence. In reality, he does not seem to have lived in either home. (Published Dec. 2025)
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Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
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Politico @politico.com · 04/08/2026
26-employee Texas law firm gets $150M to represent 24,000 children in immigration court
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26-employee Texas law firm gets $150M to represent 24,000 children in immigration court
None of the Burke Law Group’s lawyers list immigration law as an area of expertise, per the firm’s website.
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Of our 45 presidents , Donald Trump is responsible for 28 percent of the entire national debt. Our national US debt has reached a record high - $40 trillion dollars
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Every law student in America should be required to read this as a cautionary tale. Every lawyer at Paul Weiss should be required to read this to understand what they have become. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/u...
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How a Top Law Firm Went From Standing Up to Trump to Bending the Knee
Paul Weiss was a progressive stalwart for decades and led the legal resistance against President Trump in his first term. Then it surrendered without a fight. This is the inside story of its transform...
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Alicia Em @thinkltoez.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
He’ll ruin your funeral by DOING YOUR EULOGY?! Man. Be glad you’re dead I guess.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 27/07/2026
People who are suddenly deported to countries they haven’t been to for years — or, in some cases, have NEVER been to — are incredibly vulnerable. We are going to be reading stories like this for years. God have mercy on their three little girls.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 21/07/2026
Pro-Trump Super Pac Maga Inc builds $400mn war chest ahead of 2026 midterms ft.trib.al/be2M4bj
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Pro-Trump Super Pac Maga Inc builds $400mn war chest ahead of 2026 midterms
President’s allies have built biggest money machine in a non-presidential election year
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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 20/07/2026
Had no idea that a *2nd* ex-wife of the murderous Maine ICE agent also released a statement about his violent tendencies, along with the fact that her warnings about him to the federal government fell on deaf ears.
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Mark Tolman (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 🖖 @mtolman.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
“I don't get political” translates to “This isn't hurting me yet and I don't care that it's hurting you.”
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
What a graphic. @cnn.com $NVDA $TSLA $AEO
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
a thing about these “priorities” is that they cannot be achieved without comprehensive Supreme Court reform, which means THAT is your actual priority
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The Trump administration scrapping CFPB limits on credit-card late fees and overdraft charges has cost Americans $22.5 billion so far, according to a report release by Senator Elizabeth Warren's office.
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NPR @npr.org · 16/07/2026
In recent days, federal immigration agents fatally shot two immigrant fathers. None of the federal officers involved were wearing body cameras, the agency said. n.pr/4fiawOC
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DHS pledged body cams for all immigration agents. Months later, that hasn't happened
In recent days, federal immigration agents fatally shot two immigrant fathers. None of the federal officers involved were wearing body cameras, the agency said.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
ICE killed another person.
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Jordan Uhl @jordanuhl.com · 13/07/2026
New: ICE killed someone in Maine this morning www.bangordailynews.com/2026/07/13/p...
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ICE agents involved in fatal Biddeford shooting, lawmaker says
It's at least the 11th fatal shooting involving an ICE or Border Patrol agent since President Donald Trump took office last year.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Thanks to Republicans in Congress and Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill"... An Indiana 40-year old, making $65k per year, who last year was paying $316/month for health insurance, will next year be paying $546/month for that same plan: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
On Thursday, the Trump regime forced out the three remaining members of the Election Assistance Commission — effectively ending it. You need to see this as part of Trump’s overall strategy to take over the midterm elections some 90 days from now. Here's what we can do about it.
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Trump WILL Try to Steal the Midterms. Here's How
And How We Prevent Him from Doing So
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Mech0T1 💦🥩 @mech0t1.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 11/07/2026
The White House was never supposed to be a palace. George Washington and architect James Hoban deliberately rejected the lavish style of European monarchies. Instead, they designed a President’s House that reflected the ideals of a republic: dignified, restrained, and accountable to the people.
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CBS News Chicago @cbschicago.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The University of Chicago Law School is banning first-year students from using phones and laptops in the classroom as part of a broader strategy to curb AI usage.
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University of Chicago Law School bans 1st year students using phones, laptops in classroom as part of AI strategy
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the homophobic boy detective @gaorush.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I keep thinking about this Alex Ross painting of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen that is, for some reason, also the cast of 30 Rock
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KFF @kff.org · 08/07/2026
In preliminary rate filings in 16 states and DC, ACA Marketplace insurers are largely proposing a double-digit premium increase for 2027, following a steep climb in premiums this year: on.kff.org/4fpMB13
Chart shows the distribution of proposed 2027 rate changes among 77 ACA Marketplace insurers. ACA Marketplace insurers are proposing a median premium increase of about 14% in 2027.
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
the same fear mongers are trying to dissuade californians from voting for a wealth tax by claiming all the businesses will leave. it’s bullshit. there’s a reason they like CA and NYC, and having to pay a little extra that basically amounts to a rounding error on their taxes won’t drive them out.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Kash Patel failed to properly disclose a six-figure purchase of stock in a bitcoin-fueled business intelligence and mobile software company that has contracted with the Department of Justice, according to federal financial records reviewed by NOTUS.
notus.org
Kash Patel’s Late Stock Disclosure Raises STOCK Act Questions
The FBI director invested up to $250,000 in a bitcoin-fueled business intelligence company.
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
ok going to look at the great American state fair myself before it becomes a heatstroke death trap
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Melissa Murray @profmmurray.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
About Trump v. Barbara: Do not give the Court and the CJ credit for reading and upholding the Constitution. It's a travesty that this is not a unanimous decision... it's also a travesty that the Court let this question percolate for a year, giving credence to a crank theory of citizenship.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
We must also not lose sight of the disastrous rulings handed down by the Roberts Court this term, including attacks on: -Voting rights -Syrian and Haitian migrants -Transgender students -Campaign finance law -Independent regulatory agencies -The ability to hold corporations accountable
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
even if it was good policy, this shit is completely ancillary to the goal of actually limiting the power of big tech. Elon Musk has a trillion dollars and is trying to start a global race war, your response to that can’t be “kids should be on their phones less”
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Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
The 1976 bicentennial was really fun, guys. There were patriotic ice cream flavors & my grade school buried a time capsule, which I’m dying to dig up, it was probably stuffed with MAD Magazines & Sunshine Family dolls. My personal contribution was making an Abe Lincoln square for a Girls Scout quilt
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 29/06/2026
Good for business – or profit at any cost? The controversial side of private equity – a visual explainer
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Good for business – or profit at any cost? The controversial side of private equity – a visual explainer
The use of private equity in essential services is attracting scrutiny. Here we examine some of its more contentious elements
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 28/06/2026
How much does normalcy bias affect media reporting? Here is a chart of global sea-surface temperatures (SSTs) from 1982 to 2026 with the years 2023, 2024 and 2025 omitted. As of June 27th, global SSTs have set 26 daily record highs in a row. Media? Is there anybody out there?
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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
The great American state fair being stupid Trump bullshit does legit make me sad, if I’m being honest. A lot of the 250 stuff does. This could have been a really cool and special thing and literally any normal president would have pulled it off.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 25/06/2026
At least 50 people have died in immigration detention since Trump returned to office, the deadliest period in ICE’s history. Yet Congress continues to give immigration enforcement agencies billions of dollars without requiring reform. bit.ly/4v1sMBH
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ICE and Customs and Border Protection Budgets to Exceed $200 Billion
Without congressional action, the money will allow the Trump administration to carry out its immigration crackdown unimpeded.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The most important democracy story of the day. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Postmaster general says USPS won't deliver mail ballots if states don’t give Trump admin voter rolls
“You are going to make a decision that people cannot vote by mail. That’s unacceptable," one senator told the postmaster general.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Stephen Miller was reportedly the driving force behind the DOJ's recent memo authorizing states to institutionalize people with disabilities rather than fund community-based care
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Stephen Miller Said to Drive DOJ Memo Eroding Disability Rights
White House adviser Stephen Miller was the driving force behind the Justice Department’s recent memo authorizing states to institutionalize people with disabilities rather than fund community-based ca...
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